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No. 313,914. Patented Mann, 1885.

By Afforhe 8 Unwrap STATES JAMES HABMON BOOK, OF NEW CASTLE, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO MILTON BROWN, OF SAME PLACE.

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EPBCIPICATION' forming part of Letters Patent No. 313,914, dated March 17, 1885.

Application filed February 7, 1885. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J AMES H. Been, a citizen of .the United States, residing at New Gastle, in the county of Henry and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful In1- provement in Presses, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to an improvement in presses; and it consists in the peculiar construction and combination of devices, that will be more fully set forth hereinafter, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a press embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken on the line m w of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an elevation of one end of my press. Fig. 4 is a similar View of the opposite end.

A represents a platform, which is supported upon the joists a. Sills a connect these joists and extend along the under side of the platform, and transversely on the under sides of the sills, near their ends, are secured the cleats a from which extend the vertical standards B, that are mortised into the cleats. A shaft, 0, is journaled in these standards near their upper ends, and to one of the projecting ends of this shaft is keyed a wheel, G, that has a series of pins or handles, 0 projecting from its outer face. Notches C and O" are cut in the edge of this wheel upon opposite sides, and a dog, D, is pivoted in one of the standards and is adapted to enter either of these notches and prevent farther rotation of the wheel and shaft. To the shaft 0, on the inner sides of the standards, are secured the eccentric cam-wheels E. A press-box. F, is placed upon the platform between the standards, and is provided with the removable side f and the clamp-yokes f. Slots 1) are out in the standards at a suitable distance above the press-box, and in these slots is journaled a shaft, G, which has avertical play in the slots. A cog-wheel, H, is keyed to the projecting end of this shaft on the side opposite the wheel 0. The outer end ofthe shaft G passes through the upper end of a block, I. A metallic strap, i, having its rear ends bent to form flanges for bearing on the inner side of the standard and to slide thereon, is secured to the lower end the edges of these wheels farthest from the shaft 0 are cut notches e, to receive the shaft G when the press is in the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2. An eccentric camwheel, G, is keyed to the center of the shaft G, and depending chains 0 are secured to said shaft near its outer ends, and are adapted to be wound and unwound upon said shaft, and to the lower ends of these chains is suspended the follower 0. An anti-friction roller, 0, is j ournaled upon the upper side of the follower, at the center thereof. Vertical guiding-standards f 2 extend above the fixed side of the pressbox. This side of the press-box is provided with braces P, and the removable side thereof has a pivoted brace-hook, B, which. enters a staple, 1', when the box is closed. Openings 1) are made in the sides of the press-box, to admit of the insertion of the binding bands, cords, or wires for the bale. Braces S are provided for the standards B.

The operation of my press is as follows: The hay, cotton, or other substance to be pressed is placed in the press-box. the side f closed, and

the clamp-yokes f placed on the upper side of the box at its ends. The crank it is turned to the left, which causes the suspending-chains to unwind from the shaft G and lower the follower into the press-box, said follower being guided therein by the guiding-standards. When the follower is in place upon the material in the pressbox, the cam Gis in ahorizontal position. The dog D is released from the notch 0 and the wheel 0 is partly rotated by grasping the handles 0 As the wheel 0 is rotated the cam-wheels E force the shaft G downwardly in the slots in the standards, against the tension of the springs L, and thereby slackens the suspendingchains of the follower. When the wheels 0 and E have been given a half-rotation, the dog D enters the notch 0* and locks the wheel C in place, and the shaft G is in the notches e of the cam-wheels E. The crank k is then turned to'the left, and the cam-wheel G bears upon the anti-friction roller on the upper side of thefollower, and forces the follower into the press-box, and forms the bale therein, as will be very readily understood. A dog, Z, is provided for locking the wheel H, when necessary.

A press thus constructed is adapted for use either as a baling-press for cotton, hay, and similar substances, or for expressing oil, making cider or wine, or other analogous purposes.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. The combination of the press-box, the slotted standards, shaft 0, having cam-wheels E, shaft G, journaled in the slots in the stand ards, having cam G and gear-wheel H, pinion k, having crank it, springs L, andthe follower, which is suspended from the shaft G by chains or cords, substantially as described.

' 2. The combination of the press-box, the slotted standards, shaft 0, having cam-wheels E, wheel 0, having notches O and 0, dog D, shaft G, journaled in the slots in the standards, having cam G and gear-wheel H, pin ion is, having a crank, springs L, and the follower, which is suspended from the shaft G by chains or cords, substantially as described.

3. The combination, with the press-box and the standards, of cam-wheels E, shaft G, provided with a cam, G, the follower, and cords or chains suspending the latter from the shaft G, the cam-wheels E revolving against the latter, as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES HARMON BOOK.

Witnesses:

CHRISTIAN H. STEIN, GEo. B. ROBSON. 

